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The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation National Child Care Teacher Awards

The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that funds non-sectarian, nonprofit child care programs dedicated to excellence, is seeking applications for the National Child Care Teacher Awards Sponsored by Tylenol, a program open to child care teachers throughout the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

The awards are designed to acknowledge the critical role of child care teachers in providing quality child care.

Applicants are required to design a project for their classroom that demonstrates the educational, social, and emotional benefits for the children and illustrates the critical role of the teacher. Capital improvements to centers/homes will not be considered.

Fifty teachers will be selected for their commitment and dedication to the children they serve. Award recipients will each receive a grant totaling $1,000 -- $500 as a stipend to acknowledge each child care teacher's special dedication in the face of low wages, and $500 to fund the project they designed.

Eligible applicants must be employed in a home, group, or center-based program that is fully compliant with local and state regulations for child care programs. Applicants must have been working in their current regulated program for at least three years. (It is acceptable to apply having worked for the same child care entity for three years in more than one location.) If an applicant is connected to a U.S. military child care facility, the applicant must have been working in the current location for a minimum of twelve months. Applicants also must work a minimum of thirty-five hours a week (with the same children), twelve months a year, at a facility that is open a minimum of ten hours a day, five days a week, twelve months a year.